Car-door fastener.



C. K. BROOKS.

CAR DOOR FASTENER.

APPLlCATlON FILED NOV. 26. 1912.

I v 1,148,M3,. A PatentedJuly 27,1915.

UNIED STATES PATEN Eff/E.

CHESTER K. BROOKS, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MALLEABLE CASTINGS COMPANY.

CAR-DOOR FASTENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 27,1915.

Application filed November 26, 1912. Serial No. 733,569.

To all whom it may concern. 7

Be it known that I, CHns'rER Ix. BROOKS, a citizen of the Unlted States, and a resident of Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, haye. invented new and useful Improvements 111 applied to a freight car door with the pin in locked position; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the pin showing the fastener plate in section; Figs. 3 and l are details thereof.

My invention relates to fasteners for car doors and provides a fastener which cannot be manipulated to free the hasp in the slightest degree when the pin is secured with a seal.

My invention also provides means for securely attaching the pin to the locking plate l and (3, respectively, are spaced apart from so as to prevent loss or removal of the pin.

Referring to the drawings, 2 is a plate or base which is adapted to be secured to the door post by the bolts 3.

The numerals 1, 5 and 6 designate projections on the plate, the middle projection of which forms the usual staple over which the hasp 7 slips when the parts are to be locked, and the upper and lower projections the central projection or staple 5 sufliciently to accommodate the hasp 7. The projections 21, 5 and 6 have suitable apertures through twhich the locking pin 8 is inserted, and the lowest projection 6 has an opening 9, which with the opening 10 in the pin 8 is adapted to register for insertion of the wire seal or ribbon 11. The pin 8 has on its rear side a flattened bearing surface 12, and at its lower end and at the end of thebearing surface 12, is a lip 13. On the rear side of the aperture in the projection 4 are a pair of bendable lugs 11 to which access is had through the opening 15 in the bottom of the plate 2. In assembling the device, the pin 8 -is inserted into the apertures in the projections 4, 5 and 6 and with the lugs 11 of the projection 4 in the position shown in Fig. 3. The lugs 11 are then bent into the position shown in Fig. 4, in which they bear against the flattened bearing surface 12 on the rear side of the pin 8, and removal of the pin is prevented by the lip 13 which comes into contact with the lugs 14. The fiattenedbearing surface 12 and the lugs 11 cooperate to guide the pin 8 so as to bring theslot 10 into registry with the slot 9 for insertion of the sealing device 11. The fastener is then in condition for attachment to a car.

My improved fastener provides a lock for I the hasp of a car door which is positive in its action, since even if the fit between the pin 8 and the plate is sufficiently loose to permit the pin to be raised, thus drawing upwardly the wire seal through the slots 9 and 10 and through the apertures in the projections 6 and 5, it will be necessary to raise the pin to such a height, in order to clear the hasp entirely, that all of the slack in the seal will be taken up when this point is reached, so that the hasp cannot be even partially disengaged from the staple without actually breaking the wire seal.

Other advantages of my invention are the attachment of the pin to the plate to prevent removal or loss, the elimination of riveted parts.'and its fitness for use with any hasp in ordinary service.

'lVhat I claim is:

1. A car door fastener comprising a plate for attachment to a car, a plurality of projections extending outwardly from said plate, said projections being apertured for reception of a locking pin, sealing means, and bendable means for securing said pin to said plate independent of the sealing means.

2. A car door fastener. comprised of a plate for attachment to the car, a locking pin, a plurality of projections apertured for reciprocation of the locking pin therethrough, bendable locking means in one of said projections for securing the pin to the plate when the device is unsealed.

CHESTER K. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

HARRY E. ORR, CHAS..E. Porn' 

